Big cat and Bear tale

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Weights in excess of 453 kg ( 1,000 pounds ) have also been reliably reported for the Grizzly bear ( ursus arctos horribilis ), although the average adult male weighs about 272 kg ( 600 pounds ) and stands about 1.06 m ( 42 inches ) at the shoulder. One huge male killed in the Okanogan Forest Reserve, Washington, U.S.A., in early August 1924 weighed over 1,100 pound. It was a notorious cattle-killer, and over a period of three years took nearly 50 head of cattle and more than 150 sheep. ( Annual Report Dept. of Agriculture, 1924. ) Another grizzly killed in Idaho in the 19th century was sold to a butcher in Spokane, who claimed that he paid for 531 kg ( 1,173 pounds ) of meat. This figure was placed on the carcass as it hung in front of his shop ( Wright 1909 ).
In May 1920, archer Arthur Young of San Francisco killed a monstrous grizzly in the Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, with a single arrow through the heart. Later Dr. Saxton Pope, who accompanied Young on the trip, wrote: "As we dismembered him, we weighed the parts. The veins were absolutely dry of blood, and without this substance, he was 916 pounds. There was hardly an inch of fat on his back. At the end of the summer this adipose layer would be nearly 6 inches thick. He would then have weighed 1,400 pounds.

If we make due allowance for over-enthusiasm, this bear probably scaled 521 kg ( 1,150 pounds ) at its heaviest.

Animal facts and feats by Gerald L. Wood. Reply